Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
The (D major) festival was over,
the boys (G major) were all plannin' for a fall (D major)
The cabaret was quiet
except (G major) for the drillin' in the wall (D major)
The (G major) curfew had been (D major) lifted
and the gamblin' (A major) wheel shut (D major) down
(G major) Anyone with (D major) any sense
had (A major) already left town
He was standin' (D major) in the doorway
(G major) lookin' like the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
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Verse 2
He (D major) moved across the mirrored room,
(G major) "Set it up for everyone,"
he (D major) said
Then everyone commenced to do
what they (G major) were doin'
before he turned their heads (D major)
Then he walked (G major) up to a stranger (D major)
and he asked (A major) him with a grin (D major)
"Could you (G major) kindly tell me, friend, (D major)
what time (A major) the show begins?"
Then he moved (D major) into the corner,
face (G major) down like the Jack (A major) of Hearts (D major)
Verse 3
(D major) Backstage the girls were playin'
(G major) five-card stud by the (D major) stairs
Lily had two queens,
she was (G major) hopin' for a third to match her pair (D major)
Out (G major) side the streets were (D major) fillin' up,
the (A major) window was open wide (D major)
A (G major) gentle breeze was (D major) blowin',
you could (A major) feel it from inside
(D major) Lily called another bet
(G major) and drew up the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Verse 4
(D major) Big Jim was no one's fool,
he (G major) owned the town's only diamond mine (D major)
He made his usual entrance
(G major) lookin' so dandy and so (D major) fine
With his (G major) bodyguards and (D major) silver cane
and every (A major) hair in (D major) place
He (G major) took whatever he (D major) wanted to
and he laid (A major) it all to waste
But his (D major) bodyguards and silver cane
were (G major) no match for the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Verse 5
(D major) Rosemary combed her hair and
(G major) took a carriage into (D major) town
She slipped in through the side door
(G major) lookin' like a queen without a crown (D major)
She (G major) fluttered her false (D major) eyelashes
and (A major) whispered in his ear (D major)
(G major) "Sorry, darlin', (D major) that I'm late,"
but he (A major) didn't seem to hear
He was (D major) starin' into space
(G major) over at the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Verse 6
"I (D major) know I've seen that face somewhere,"
Big (G major) Jim was thinkin' to him (D major) self
"Maybe down in Mexico
or a (G major) picture up on somebody's (D major) shelf"
But then the crowd (G major) began to (D major) stamp their feet
and the (A major) house lights did (D major) dim
And (G major) in the darkness (D major) of the room
there was (A major) only Jim and him
(D major) Starin' at the butterfly
who (G major) just drew the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Verse 7
(D major) Lily was a princess,
she was (G major) fair-skinned and precious as a (D major) child
She did whatever she had to do,
she (G major) had that certain flash
every time she (D major) smiled
She'd (G major) come away from a (D major) broken home,
had (A major) lots of strange affairs (D major)
With (G major) men in every (D major) walk of life
which (A major) took her everywhere
But she'd (D major) never met anyone
(G major) quite like the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Verse 8
The (D major) hangin' judge came in
unnoticed (G major) and was being wined and (D major) dined
The drillin' in the wall kept up
but (G major) no one seemed to pay it any mind (D major)
It was (G major) known all around (D major) that Lily
had (A major) Jim's ring (D major)
And (G major) nothing would ever come (D major) between
(A major) Lily and the king
No, (D major) nothin' ever would
except (G major) maybe the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Verse 9
(D major) Rosemary started drinkin' hard
and (G major) seein' her reflection in the knife (D major)
She was tired of the attention,
(G major) tired of playin' the role of Big Jim's (D major) wife
She had (G major) done a lot of (D major) bad things,
even once (A major) tried suicide (D major)
Was (G major) lookin' to do just (D major) one good deed (A major)
before she died
She was (D major) gazin' to the future,
(G major) riding on the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Verse 10
(D major) Lily took her dress off
(G major) and buried it away (D major)
"Has your luck run out?"
she laughed at him
"Well, I (G major) guess you must have
known it would someday (D major)
Be (G major) careful not to (D major) touch the wall,
there's a (A major) brand-new coat of paint (D major)
I'm (G major) glad to see you're (D major) still alive,
you're (A major) lookin' like a saint"
Down (D major) the hallway footsteps
were (G major) comin' for the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Verse 11
The (D major) backstage manager was (G major) pacing
all around by his chair (D major)
"There's something funny going on,"
he said, (G major)
"I can just feel it in the air" (D major)
He (G major) went to get the (D major) hangin' judge,
but the (A major) hangin' judge was (D major) drunk
As the (G major) leading actor (D major) hurried by
in the (A major) costume of a monk
There was (D major) no actor anywhere
(G major) better than the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Verse 12
(D major) No one knew the circumstance
but they (G major) say that it happened pretty quick (D major)
The door to the dressing room
burst (G major) open and a cold revolver (D major) clicked
And (G major) Big Jim was (D major) standin' there,
ya (A major) couldn't say surprised (D major)
Rosemary (G major) right beside (D major) him,
(A major) steady in her eyes
She was (D major) with Big Jim
but she was (G major) leanin' to the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Verse 13
(D major) Two doors down
the boys (G major) finally made it through the wall (D major)
And cleaned out the bank safe,
it's (G major) said that they got off
with quite a haul (D major)
In the (G major) darkness by the (D major) riverbed
they (A major) waited on the ground (D major)
For (G major) one more member (D major)
who had (A major) business back in town
But they (D major) couldn't go no further
without (G major) the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Verse 14
The (D major) next day was hangin' day,
the (G major) sky was overcast and (D major) black
Big Jim lay covered up,
(G major) killed by a penknife in the back (D major)
And Rosemary (G major) on the gallows, (D major)
she (A major) didn't even blink (D major)
The (G major) hangin' judge was (D major) sober,
he (A major) hadn't had a drink
The (D major) only person on the scene
(G major) missin' was the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Verse 15
The (D major) cabaret was empty now,
a (G major) sign said,
"Closed for repair" (D major)
Lily had already taken
(G major) all of the dye out of her hair (D major)
She was (G major) thinkin' 'bout her (D major) father, who
she (A major) very rarely (D major) saw
Thinkin' (G major) 'bout Rosemary (D major)
and (A major) thinkin' about the law
But, (D major) most of all
she was (G major) thinkin' 'bout the (A major) Jack of Hearts (D major)
Outro 1
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Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
Bob Dylan
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